spinning count — noun : the number of hanks of yarn that can be spun from one pound of washed combed wool of a given fineness wool with a spinning count of 80 is very fine while one of 40 is chiefly suitable for carpets … Useful english dictionary
spinning wheel — spinning wheels also spinning wheel N COUNT A spinning wheel is a wooden machine that people used in their homes to make thread from wool, in former times … English dictionary
Spinning mule — A pair of Condenser spinning mules. These have 741 spindles, being cut down from 133 feet (41 m) 1122 spindles they used to have up until the 24th Sept 1974, when they were retired from Elk Mill, Royton. The mule was built by Platt Brothers … Wikipedia
spinning wheel — noun a small domestic spinning machine with a single spindle that is driven by hand or foot • Hypernyms: ↑spinning machine • Part Meronyms: ↑distaff, ↑leg, ↑spindle * * * noun, pl ⋯ wheels [count] : a machine that was used in the past for making… … Useful english dictionary
Count Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten — Widmanstätten pattern appears when an iron meteorite is etched with nitric acid Count Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten (July 13, 1753–June 10, 1849) was an Austrian printer and scientist. His name is sometimes given as Alois von Beckh Widmannstätten … Wikipedia
spinning jenny — spin|ning jen|ny [ spınıŋ ,dʒeni ] noun count a large industrial machine used in the past to make cotton or wool into THREAD … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spinning wheel — spin|ning wheel [ spınıŋ ,wil, spınıŋ ,hwil ] noun count a piece of equipment used in the past for making THREAD from wool or cotton. It has a large wheel that spins round … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Dref Friction Spinning — Friction Spinning or Dref Spinning is a textile technology that allows very heavy count yarns and technical core wrapped yarns to be manufactured. These are most commonly used in mop yarns, flame retardants and high tech fancy yarns such as… … Wikipedia
Open end spinning — or open end spinning is a technology for creating yarn without using a spindle. It was invented and developed in Czechoslovakia in Výzkumný ústav bavlnářský / Cotton Researching Institute in Ústí nad Orlicí in the year 1963. It is also known as… … Wikipedia
Units of textile measurement — Textile is measured in various units, such as: the denier and tex (linear mass density of fibres), super S (fineness of wool fiber), worst count, and yield (the inverse of denier and tex). Yarn is spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or sewing … Wikipedia
